Bead loom



INVENTOR SAMUEL WALLACH ATTORIQEYS S. WALLACH BEAD LOOM Filed May 3,1935 June 2, 1936.

Patented June 2, 1936 p I I UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE BEAD LOOMSamuel Wallach, New York, N. Y., assignor to Walco. Bead 00.. New York,N. Y., a firm 7 Application May 3, 1935, Serial No. 19,539

7 Claims. (01. 139-34) The invention relates to. a bead loom whichformly spacing the warp threads of the loom. is adapted to be used tohold a plurality of threads Any means, however, is contemplated forprovidin spaced parallel relation so that beads may be ing spacedgrooves and such a groove means woven by hand thereupon to form beadedbelts need not necessarily be carried by the wire formand otherornamental beaded articles. The maning the end of the rectangular loop.5

ner in which such a loom is used to make the The abutting ends of thesingle wire are sebeaded articles is well known and need not be curedtogether in any desired manner to provide described since the inventionherein relates only a continuous wire loop for the frame, such as by tothe loom. welding, soldering or any other suitable manner.

10 It is an object of the invention to, devise a new One of the coils isthen pulled or pushed around 10 and novel form of head loom whichprovides a the corner of the wire rectangle so that it covers more rigidand inexpensive frame for the loom. the wire forming the end of therectangle having An j t i o d vi a n w and novel the abutting ends ofthe wire. This coil then method of constructing a bead loom frame fromconceals the joint between the secured ends of wire in which the joinedends of the wire are the wire. The other coil may have been initially l5concealed by other devices carried by the loom placed in its positionupon the other end of. the frame. rectangle or rectangular loop prior tobending,

Other objects of the invention will be more apor if it is not sopositioned before the wire is parent from the following descriptiontaken in bent into the rectangular loop, then it too may connection withthe accompanying drawing showbe pulled or pushed around the corner or'bend 20 ing the preferred embodiment of the invention, in of therectangular loop onto the wire forming which: the'end of the rectangle.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bead loom The ends, of therectangular loop are bent upshowing the rigid frame construction. wardlyand preferably are bent towards each Figure 2 is a view showing one endof the wire other so that they form angularly disposed ends 25 framewith a coil of wire being pushed or pulled for the frame. The centerportion l3 of the into position to cover the joined abutting ends frameforms a base therefor. of the wire forming the bent rectangular frame.The sides ll of the bent up end portions of B d lo m are n ly mp v e andthe frame preferably have the loops l1 secured consequently it isimportant that they be inexthereto in any desired manner, which loops 30pensive in order to command the interest of form roll supporting means.These roll supportthose who make beaded articles by hand. It is ingmeans may be secured to any part of the desirable that the frame of thebead loom be frame so long as they provide a support for a fairly rigidin order that more effective use of roll adjacent the end of the frameand above the loom may be had and so that the rolls upon the ba I3 01the fra e 35 which the warp threads are wound will remain A roll I8 iscarried at'each end of the frame in clamped position and retain thethreads taut. and supported by the roll supporting means H.

A more rigid frame also enables the rolls upon Th rolls preferably carrya pin l9 projecting which the spaced warp threads are wound to be fromeach end thereof which are received in the 40 mo e cu y S pp inpositionroll supporting loops I! so as to rotatably sup- 40 The beadloom of the invention Comprises a port the roll. At least one pin may bethreaded frame formed of a n e P e Of Wire which in order to carry awing nut 20 for clamping the is su c e y heavy provide a rigidframerolls 18 in position against rotation. Any roll The wire is Cut 0150 p p length and bent clamping means is contemplated for holding theinto the form o a elongated rectangle With the rollers against rotation.It will be observed that 45 abutting ends of the wire being positionedin one th frame l3 dispenses with any bracing or spac- Of the ends Ofthe rectangle. Wire COllS l0, which ing means between the ends IQ of the100 fonnmay b Sp Coils, have the Wire inserted ing the frame, other thansuch bracing or spacthrou the c These w e oi s Il! ay ing as isfurnished by the rolls Is. It should be be pos t e o e wire prior to itsbeing bent noted, however, that the rolls are not intended to to intorectangular form, if desired. It is only imfu l h any such bracing orspacing means, alp that the 60115 be Placed p the Wire though they wouldserve this function if it were prior to the abutting ends of the wirebeing seded, cured together. The coilsrprovide a plurality of In use aplurality of threads are secured to one substantially equally spacedgrooves for uniroll and preferably each thread is positioned in 55 oneoi. the grooves formed by the coil carried upon the end I! of therectangular loop. These coils form grooves which position the threads inspaced parallel relation and retain them in this relation. The otherends of the threads are secured to the other roll l8 and are adapted tobe rolled up thereupon as the beading progresses. It is obvious from thedescription and drawing that as the beaded article being made upon theloom becomes longer than the space between the .ends of the frame l2,the rolls are rotated so that additional thread is unrolled from oneroll and the beaded article is rolled upon the other roll. The wing nuts20 are then tightened to hold the rolls against rotation and themakingof the beaded article may then continue.

A new and novel method of tightening the spaced threads is obtained bythe bead loom described above. This method involves the pressingtogether of the ends I2 of the frame l3 prior to anchoring or tighteningthe second roll against rotation, rotating the untightened roll [8 untilthe threads are taut and then tightening or anchoring the roller againstrotation. Now when the frame is released and springs back to its normalposition, the threads are pulled tight and no sag or bow will appear inany of the threads. These tightly pulled threads, without any sag orare, are easier to weave the beads upon than threads which sag evenslightly relatively to the other threads. Any frame which providessufficient resiliency to obtain this method of obtaining tightly pulledthreads or any frame having means separate from the frame iscontemplated herein.

Although certain steps have been specified in the manufacture of thebead loom, it is to be understood that the sequence of those steps asstated in this description need not be followed, excepting that it isessential that the coils Ill be placed upon the wire prior to thesecuring together of the abutting ends of the wire. A new and novelmethod of manufacturing a bead loom has also been described herein bywhich the abutting ends of the wire forming the continuous looped frameis concealed within one of the coils I 0 forming the thread grooves. Aspointed out above, the sequence of steps in the making of the bead loomis not important excepting in the particular pointed out above.

Various modifications will occur to those skilled in the art in theconfiguration, composition and disposition of the component elementsgoing to make up the invention as a whole, as well as in the selectivecombination or application of the respective elements, and no limitationis intended by the phraseology of the foregoing description orillustrations in the accompanying drawing.

What is claimed is:

1. A bead loom comprising a resilient frame constructed from a singlewire with its ends joined to provide a continuous wire frame and havingthe form of a rectangular wire loop with the ends thereof bent upwardly,the resilient wire providing the major resiliency for the frame in thebase wires and lesser resiliency in the bent-up ends and at the bends, aseries of grooves carried by the upwardly extending ends of therectangular loop of the frame, and a roll rotatably supported upon thesides of each upwardly bent end of the loop, the rolls providing thesole transverse spacing and bracing means between the ends of the wireloop.

2. A bead loom comprising a resilient frame constructed from a singlewire with its ends joined to provide a continuous wire frame and havinthe form of a rectangular wire loop with the ends thereof bent upwardly,the center portion forming a base for the frame, the resilient wireprovidin the major resiliency for the frame in the base wires and lesserresiliency in the bent-up ends and at the bends, a wire coil carriedupon each of the wires forming the end of the rectangular wire loop andforming spaced grooves, roll supporting means carried by the frame tosupport a pair of rolls above the-base of the frame, a pair of rollscarried by the supporting means, the rolls providing the sole transversespacing and bracing means between the ends of the wire loop, and meansto secure each roll against rotation. a

3. A bead loom comprising a resilent frame constructed from a singlewire with its ends joined to provide a continuous wire frame and havingthe form of a rectangular wire loop with the ends thereof bent upwardlyand tilted at an angle towards each other, the center portion forming abase for the frame, the resilient wire providing the major resiliencyfor the frame in the base wires and lesser resiliency in the bent-upends and at the bends, spaced grooves carried upon each of the upwardlyextending ends of the frame, roll supporting means carried by the frameto support a pair of rolls above the base of the frame, a pair of rollssupported upon the roll supporting means, the rolls providing the soletransverse spacing and bracing means between the ends of the wire loop,and means to. secure each roll against rotation.

4. A bead loom comprising a resilient frame having the form of arectangular wire loop with the ends thereof bent upwardly and tilted atan angle towards each other, the center portion forming a base for theframe, the resilient wire providing the major resiliency for the framein the base wires and lesser resiliency in the bent-up ends and at thebends, the ends of the wire being joined in one of the ends of the wireloop to form a continuous wire loop, a wire coil carried upon each ofthe upwardly extending ends of the rectangular wire loop and formingspaced grooves, roll supporting means carried by the frame to support apair of rolls above the base of the frame, a roll supported upon eachroll supporting means, and means to secure each roll against rotation.

5. A bead loom comprising a resilient frame constructed from a singlewire with its ends joined to provide a continuous wire frame and havingthe form of a rectangular wire loop with the ends thereof bent upwardly,the resilient wire providing the major resiliency for the frame in thebase wires and lesser resiliency in the bent-up ends and at the bends, awire coil carried upon each of the upwardly extending ends of therectangular wire loop and forming spaced grooves, a roll supportingmeans secured to each side of the upwardly extending ends of therectangular loop of the frame, a roll supported upon each rollsupporting means, the rolls providing the sole transverse spacing andbracing means between the ends of the wire loop, and means to secureeach roll against rotation.

6. A bead loom comprising a resilient frame constructed from a singlewire with its ends joined to provide a continuous wire frame and havingthe form of a rectangular wire loop with the ends thereof bent upwardly,the resilient wire providing the major resiliency for the frame in thebase wires and lesser resiliency in the bent- 2,048,089 up ends and atthe bends, the ends or the wire being joined in one of the ends or thewire loop", a wire coil carried upon each of the upwardly extending endsof the rectangular wire loop and forming spaced grooves, a. rollsupporting means secured to each side of the upwardly extending ends ofthe rectangular loop of the frame, aroll supported upon each rollsupporting means, and meansto secure each roll against rotation.

7. A bead loom comprising a resilient frame having the form of arectangular wire loop with the ends thereof bent upwardly and tilted atan angle towards each other, the resilient wire providing the majorresiliency for the frame in the base wires and lesser resiliency in thebent-up ends and at the bends, the ends of the wire being joined in oneof the ends of the wire loop, a wire coil carried upon each of theupwardly extending ends or the rectangular wire loop and formin spacedgrooves, a roll supporting loop formed from bent wire and secured toeach side of the upwardly extending ends of the rectangular loop of theframe, a. roll supported upon each roll 1 supporting loop, and means tosecure each roll against rotation. I

SAMUEL WALLACE.

